# Incident 20121224029079I: Cessna T210F, Grosse Ile Town, MI, December 24, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2012, 13:10 local time
- Place: Grosse Ile Town, MI
- Airport: Grosse Ile Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0991° N, 83.1615° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GROSSE ILE MUNI (ONZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0991&lon=-83.1615&mi=10
- Aircraft: N210MR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N210MR-2023-03-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210F (registry code 2073422, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,188 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121224029079I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DURING A LOCAL TRAINING FLIGHT AT THE GROSSE ILE AIRPORT (KONZ) IN GROSSE ILE TOWNSHIP, MI ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:10PM EASTERN TIME, A 1965 CESSNA T210F, S/N T210-0018 (N210MR) FIXED WING, SINGLE ENGINE, HIGH-WING AIRCRAFT MADE A LANDING WITH THE GEAR LEFT IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 4 AND CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY WITH MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES.

THE PILOT-FLYING WAS OCCUPYING THE LEFT SEAT AND WAS RECEIVING INSTRUCTION IN COMPLEX/HIGH PERFORMANCE AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND DID NOT YET POSSESS COMPLEX/HIGH PERFORMANCE AIRCRAFT ENDORSEMENTS TO ACT AS PILOT-IN COMMAND. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, WHO WAS OCCUPYING THE RIGHT SEAT, WAS ACTING AS PILOT-IN COMMAND DURING THIS TRAINING FLIGHT. BOTH PILOTS REPORTED BECOMING DISTRACTED WITH CONVERSATION DURING THE FINAL APPROACH AND REPORTED THAT THE GEAR HORN DID NOT SOUND DUE TO THEIR HIGHER THAN NORMAL POWER SETTING TO CORRECT FOR A LONGER THAN NORMAL FINAL APPROACH.

NEITHER PILOT WAS INJURED.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE.

## Other reports on N210MR (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810816049769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810816049769I), Aug 16, 1981: Cessna 210M (N210MR), Addison, TX, Minor damage. Pilot bounced aircraft on landing. Nose gear collapsed skidded off runway. Damaged propeller,gear and cowling.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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